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Will the Dems pass Health Care via Reconciliation?

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U.S. Sales Tax Rates Hit Record High

March 10, 2010

While President Obama's push to raise federal income taxes for the wealthy gets lots of attention, the continuing upward creep in the sales tax rates imposed by state and local governments has gotten less notice.

Obama and the L-Word

March 10, 2010

Here’s how predictable the president’s slippery relationship with the truth has become: Hours before the State of the Union address, Washington Examiner reporter Timothy P. Carney posted a “pre-emptive fact check” that, among other things, prebutted any presidential claim to have “stopped the revolving door between government and corporate lobbying.” As it happened, that night Barack Obama made an even bolder (read: less truthful) claim: that “we’ve excluded lobbyists from policymaking jobs.”

Barack Obama is humiliated by Israel

March 10, 2010

Israel has delivered the Obama administration a stinging slap in the face, by announcing it would erect 1,600 settler homes in the occupied West Bank as Vice President arrived for what was intended to be a charm offensive.

Unemployment rises in 30 states in January

March 10, 2010

WASHINGTON (AP) - Unemployment rose in 30 states in January, the Labor Department said Wednesday, evidence that jobs remain scarce in most regions of the country.

Obama due to get earful from CBC

March 10, 2010

President Barack Obama is due to get an earful on jobs from Congressional Black Caucus members during a White House meeting on Thursday.

Same-Sex Couples Begin Saying 'I Do' in Washington

March 9, 2010

Dozens of same-sex couples made a historic walk down the aisle in Washington Tuesday as gay marriage became legal in the nation's capital.

Pennsylvania Woman Charged With Recruiting Violent Jihadist Fighters

March 9, 2010

A Pennsylvania woman known to authorities as "JihadJane" has been charged in federal court with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, conspiracy to kill in a foreign country, making false statements to a government official and attempted identity theft.

Chris Matthews Agrees: Yeah, There's Some Racism Involved In Why Israelis Don't Like Obama.

March 9, 2010

Keep in mind that he is IN Israel while agreeing with the racism assertion. It’s been a busy night for Matthews. He also let us in on his belief that ’Cheney Is Like Brando In Superman Putting Liz In A Capsule Because His World Is Ending.‘

VIDEO: ACORN Workers, Citizens Face Voter Fraud Charges From '08 Campaign

March 9, 2010

"Miles stated they were 'all hoodlums' working for ACORN and they all had criminal histories, and that they were going to 'do whatever they had to do' to be able to gain their money at the end of each day."

Obama Confuses Decades, Inflates Estimated Health Care Savings by $868B

March 9, 2010

President Obama, making his final push for health care reform, pitched his proposal Monday to a crowd in Pennsylvania with a deficit-reduction figure that the White House later admitted missed the mark.

Local News

Florida Joblessness at Highest Level Since At Least 1975

Records Only Go Back That Far

25 Thousand Jobs Coming to Florida

Federal Money to Pay Most of Wages

15 Year Old Gets Life in Prison for Violent Spree

Already Doing Hard Time for Another Violent Crime

Changes Coming to Troubled St. Pete Middle School

Superintendent Addresses Problems After Dozens of Students Arrested

Bill Banning "Texting While Driving" Clears House Committee

Makes It a Secondary Offense

Seminole House Heavily Damaged in Morning Fire

Two Residents Get Out Unhamred

National News

DONATELLI: States experimenting with creating new jobs

ANALYSIS/OPINION: If we are to believe government experts and liberal academics, Americans must accept high unemployment and slow economic growth "for the foreseeable future." Fortunately, many states are experimenting with economic policies and strategies designed to create jobs and raise economic activity by strengthening the private sector and targeting investment and resources to make labor markets function more smoothly. What are some of these policy initiatives that conservative governors across the country are supporting? First, and most obvious, states must restore fiscal discipline to their budgeting and tax policies. Numbers don't lie. States with high rates of taxation and large ...

Gardens crop up in war zones

Gardening can be comforting — even therapeutic — for troops trying to shake the stresses of war. There's a long history of soldiers growing plants in the extreme conditions of a war zone. "Trench Gardens" produced needed food as well as healing diversion for soldiers mired in the muck on both sides of the Western Front in World War I. American prisoners of war cultivated "barbed-wire gardens" to augment starvation rations and provide some mental escape during World War II. Most recently, such "defiant gardens" have cropped up at isolated combat outposts in Iraq and Afghanistan, much as they did ...

Skilled chef interns offer meals on wheels

MIAMI | Culinary student Solomon Nerio could be slaving away on the line in any Miami restaurant, chopping onions with a dozen other chefs. Instead, he took to the road in a food truck that serves Latin-influenced burgers and tacos. It's a career path mostly unavailable to young chefs not so long ago. But the recent popularity of food trucks like the shiny black one where Mr. Nerio interns (called "the latin burger and taco truck") has opened new avenues for those looking to break out earlier rather than later in their careers. "One thing that we're doing is we're ...

Ga. bill would outlaw abortion for race, sex

A Georgia bill that would outlaw abortions based on race, color or sex is fueling arguments over whether abortion providers are targeting black women. The Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act would apply to abortion "the same standards of nondiscrimination" that govern employment, education, government and housing, said Georgia state Rep. Barry Loudermilk, a Republican who introduced the bill last month with bipartisan support. If enacted, the bill would make it illegal to knowingly solicit, perform or accept funding for race- or sex-selected abortions. The bill has a hearing set for Wednesday before the Judiciary Non-Civil Committee. The Radiance Foundation has been raising ...

Colo. Catholic school rejects gay parents' children

DENVER | Tensions between the Catholic Church and the gay community have erupted in Colorado after a Catholic school's decision to deny enrollment next year to the children of a lesbian couple. The decision by Sacred Heart of Jesus School in Boulder, which comes while several Catholic dioceses are trimming their relationships with state agencies over gay marriage, has sparked public protests and criticism over the past few days in Colorado. Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput came to the defense of the school, arguing in his weekly column that Catholic schools cannot fulfill their mission if they accept families based on ...

Obama's teacher hard line spurs debate

President Obama's approval of the recent firing of teachers at a Rhode Island high school has spurred a debate among education specialists about whether staff turnover will help underperforming schools. Some experts agree that it is appropriate for underperforming schools to start over with a new staff, an element of Mr. Obama's initiative to overhaul lowest-performing public schools. Others say such drastic turnover will only hurt student performance. Janet Bass, a spokeswoman for the American Federation of Teachers union, said the lack of consistency with mass staff turnover will not benefit student's learning or improve performance. "There is no plan ...

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